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Scottish Seabird Centre @seabirdcentre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October's seabird of the month is the sound of the seaside - the herring gull💙

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Northumberland Wildlife Trust @northwildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Rothbury Estate appeal has reached over £26m of the £30m target! 🎉 www.nwt.org.uk/news/largest-appeal-…

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A dapper #peacock for #PeacocksOfBluesky spotted by experienced (and jolly?) peacock spotter @jomonty.bsky.social

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There are 180+ free articles on littlegreenspace.org.uk, offering positive solutions to the nature & climate crises. We run LGSpace in our spare time, and donations help keep it going 🐝 Huge thanks to everyone who has already supported us! buymeacoffee.com/lgspace

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Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Machair hen

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🧵 A reminder #OTD that 'Hardrada' makes no sense in any language. The Norwegian king who died at Stamford Bridge in #1066 was called Haraldr harðráði in Old Norse. Such bynames or nicknames can (and should) usually be translated. His means something like 'Hard Ruler' or 'Stern Ruler'.

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 24/09/2026

We are a very old building. We have lots of keys. We have lots of keys that don’t open anything. Join us for a one off installment of, “Keys of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall that are pretty but completely useless”. 🔑 🧵

We are looking at two pewter plates with an assortment of large brass and iron keys in various shapes and sizes.

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Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One for the book sniffers - potato soaps from Prince Edward Island themed for characters from Anne of Green Gables (Diana, Anne, Marilla & Matthew), found in Halifax airport

A set of soaps on a shelf, each with a character’s name (Diana, Anne, Marilla and Matthew) from Island Potato Soap

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This was Aer Lingus on Monday. Strung us along till 11 pm. Sent an email that said sorry, no accommodation, all booked. Sort yourself out and reclaim. I received a food voucher after shops shut and expired before they opened. How re: earlier post, JP wa the bees knees at 6 am and got me home.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Standing in Morningside waiting for a bus this morning watching an unbroken stream of too large vehicles with a single occupant pour into town. 😔

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Looking forward to my return to Chez Gillie.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 23/09/2026

The Kirk abandoning Edinburgh for ministerial training will no longer cause the sort of ripples it might once have. (There was probably a time when a literal war would have broken out over this sort of thing)

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally reached my friend's and she has tucked me up with hot water bottle and mint tea, gone to walk the dog and told me to stay in bed til 7.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Shout out to JP at Aer Lingus who got me on a flight home 17 minutes before the gate closed, and to Dublin Airport for fast tracking me through security so I could make the flight 👏🏽

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are extraordinary things to be seen in an airport at 4.30 am.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am in such a bad mood right now I just told Enya to fuck off. Tbf at 100 decibels at midnight in airport, all music can fuck right off.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hit me with your top tips for spending the night in airport departures.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dear Dublin, it's always pleasure to visit you but I'd really like to go home now #NATS

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Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I love this. We once had an American scout staying with us, and for some reason*, he wanted to take a lemon home. He wasn't allowed, so he ate it in front of the security person. *this was waaaay back in the 80s, but I'm sure they had lemons in USA at that time!

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Me to security person at Dublin Airport: I was given a lemon as a prize today. Can I bring my lemon through security? Security person (solemnly): Yes, you may bring your prize lemon through security.

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Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's not Caturday, but here's a #medieval description of "cattys mynte" (catnip), from the Middle English #herbal of Henry Daniel, written ca.1380: “cattes louyn it souerynly, in so mykel þat þey walwen hem þat ar yn & þeron, & eten it by þe grounde, but if þer be þe more plente of....

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Catnip Kitty Enjoys Catnip

ALT: Catnip Kitty Enjoys Catnip

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What is tiny but has a PLANET-sized influence? Sphagnum of course. A 🧵 on why this moss matters more than ever. Holding more than 20× its dry weight in water, halting decay, shaping entire ecosystems, thwarting fire. Never underestimate a moss. 1/

Close up image of a tiny red Sphagnum moss.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Look what I spotted in Dove Studios in Edinburgh #PeacocksOfBluesky

Peacock feathers in a small glass vase ona bookshelf

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tesco Dunblane car park is just a free public full scale Dodge 'ems 😬

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Train journey with lady from Cork. We spent most of it comparing the mad differences between Gaelic and Gaelige pronunciations, with occasional giggles and to the point I now have think twice about how to say 'leam' properly.

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Climate Disconnect @climate-disconnect.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My point is, it is possible to live with wasps. Yes, I know they can be aggressive, and yes, some may need to be removed. But once I changed my mindset from an instinctive "how do I get rid of them" to "how do I live with them," I was amazed at how non-threatening they can be. Give them a chance.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I suspect these replacements for the old-style formal bedding on Eastbourne sea front will be great for birds, as well as being low maintenance and sustainable. I like it! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Eastbourne residents in favour of keeping new sustainable flowerbeds

Nearly 70% of those surveyed preferred the more eco-friendly look of Eastbourne's Carpet Gardens.

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culina vetus (Volker Bach) @culinavetus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So, you carefully open the eggs at the tip, cook the content, spice it, fill it back into the shells, stick them on a skewer and roast them. And you add something that can't really mean what it says. www.culina-vetus.de/2026/09/13/a... #foodhistory #medievalsky #culinaryhistory

Illumination from a Tacuinum Sanitatis manuscript, late fourteenth century, illustrating eggs. A woman carrying a basket of eggs is shown walking away from an indoor chicken coop. We can see holes drilled into the wooden door to admit air and wooden roosts for the birds. Two chickens are in the picture. On the right, a door opens into a garden where a child is waiting.

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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There’s still time to help Save Coul Links. More than 20,000 people have spoken up to protect this unique and beautiful place and stop precious wildlife being destroyed for a golf course. It’s now up to Ministers to decide its fate. You can add your voice here: action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...

Landscape photo showing Coul Links. Sand dunes and sea to the left and sprawling grasses to the right.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Does anyone remember the Cat-in-sink account from The Old Place?

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We sent a sample to the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale in Kent and waited in excited anticipation to discover our ancient, gnarled, lichen-festooned northern apple tree is in fact...a Fiesta. Yes, I am terrible person but also Lass o ' Gowrie.

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Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The great Wendell Berry has died, aged 92, author of The Unsettling of America which argued that agribusiness had estranged farming from its cultural and spiritual roots, damaging the connections between people, place and land. His Guardian obituary: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Top tea tray action. It has TUNNOCKS.

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

tiny tulip tl cleanse

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I can't do gifs (or images) on bsky it seems which is annoying especially as I'm sitting next to an embroidery portrait of myself made for me by a dear friend which says "Gif Queen".

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today is the first anniversary of having food poisoning in an Alpine hut. -100/10 do not recommend zero stars. (NB: food was from a food festival in the valley not the hut which ins superb jewel in the mountains)

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: Dar Williams Richie Havens Metallica Indigo Girls Arlo Guthrie Violent Femmes NIN Mighty Mighty Bosstones Andy M Stewart Kraftklub

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: German officer leaves post to give is wife a pair of shoes for her 50th birthday. War lost.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just discovered there's a real life Sheriff Hall.

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today @martingillie.bsky.social and I went to the Strathnairn Community Woodland Gala to talk about #bumblebees to over 100+ people of all ages. Bsky won't post the pictures so you'll just have to believe us @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social & great to chat to our friends @rspbscotland.bsky.social !

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